Table 3 Multilevel logistic regression estimates and variance components of provision of BPHS of village doctors, N = 1149 individuals nested within N = 12 counties

Gender

 Male (ref)

 Female

0.828

(0.525,1.304)

0.842

(0.521,1.360)

0.840

(0.533,1.322)

0.860

(0.533,1.387)

 20–39 (ref)

 40–59

1.433

(0.908,2.262)

1.467

(0.904,2.381)

1.445

(0.916,2.281)

1.474

(0.908,2.390)

 60 +

1.495

(0.744,3.003)

1.697

(0.802,3.594)

1.494

(0.745,2.996)

1.685

(0.799,3.555)

  ≤ Junior high school (ref)

 Secondary school

1.694*

(0.905,3.171)

1.974**

(1.015,3.838)

1.681

(0.899,3.143)

1.926*

(0.993,3.737)

  > Secondary school

2.628**

(1.160,5.955)

3.459***

(1.438,8.317)

2.656**

(1.173,6.012)

3.443***

(1.434,8.266)

 Low (ref)

 Ordinary

1.853**

(1.104,3.111)

1.379

(0.796,2.389)

1.841**

(1.098,3.087)

1.351

(0.781,2.336)

 High

1.110

(0.680,1.812)

0.992

(0.584,1.687)

1.114

(0.684,1.817)

0.978

(0.577,1.660)

Frequency of training in last 3 years

1.034**

(1.002,1.066)

1.034**

(1.003,1.066)

 None (ref)

 1-300

3.546***

(1.795,7.004)

3.856***

(1.937,7.678)

 More than 300

3.886***

(1.683,8.972)

4.027***

(1.722,9.420)

 Low (ref)

 High

1.911**

(1.096,3.332)

1.978**

(1.132,3.458)

 No (ref)

 Yes

2.005**

(1.131,3.554)

2.099**

(1.187,3.712)

County level

 Mountain area (ref)

 Plain

1.995

(0.390,10.201)

2.761

(0.602,12.671)

 Low(ref)

 Average

1.276

(0.172,9.470)

1.498

(0.239,9.394)

 High

0.159**

(0.032,0.784)

0.289*

(0.071,1.179)

 Less than 30 (ref)

 30

0.726

(0.098,5.370)

0.324

(0.051,2.045)

 More than 30

0.334

(0.030,3.706)

0.233

(0.026,2.086)

 County level variance

2.047***

1.957***

1.604***

1.118***

0.772***

 Intra-class correlation

0.384

0.373

0.328

0.254

0.190